KOver : Customizable [Kodi 16]
(2015-12-04, 10:05)Jayz2K Wrote:
(2015-12-04, 01:04)minus0 Wrote: @Jayz2K

Would you entertain the idea to be able to combine on one screen the combinations of placing two different arts on same view.

Example: discart and or logo or clearart

Not that I can't but I don't want to (at least ATM). I'm at some point where I have to balance the performances over the features.
The more settings I add, the more it will slow down the navigation. I noticed since a little earlier than the Home customisation changes that the designer and viewtypes requires 1-2s to load after a KODI start (seems to be fine going back to). I'm not in the KODI core but I suspect my variables files which reached the crazy size of 1.27Mo ! If you check the file Designer_Variables.xml in 16x9 folder, you can see that after line 40, each line is a setting handled by KOver ... so if removing the blank ones... more that 6K.

I don't say that I won't add more features but I have now to choose which one and Home menu text option is something mostly requested. I have something in mind for this in the future and appears to me as a priority.

Another reason is that I will reactivate soon the custom List Type option. As already announced since a long time, this allows some users with a minimum of coding skills to make their own list types (3 customs types will be available). This way it's possible to code a list type with a second art type for example and could probably fullfill your request (However, it will replace of course the actual ones and won't be able to get WIDELIST + Bloc 3 DISCART + clearlogo somewhere). At launch I could provide you the copy/paste code to stick as close as possible to what you have in mind ?

Comming back to the art bloc topic: I think graphics like covers, fanarts, logos, cleararts, cdarts etc. do all serve different purposes. That is the reason why they all vary significantly as to their size, their format and their opacity. And that is also the reason why we should not make use of them as if they were just alternatives to each other. Therefore it would be wrong to just have one or even two universal art fields where you can only select anyone of them to being displayed. Maybe it could make sense as to the covers, the fanarts or the thumbs, but definitly not regarding the logos, the cleararts, and the cdarts.

So, as I just mentioned before, the logos should be an optional substitute for the headlines (titles) of the movies (infos bloc in movie section) or artists (info bloc in music section), whereas the clearts may be displayed when pressing info or pause on the video screen. And the cdarts are something special that maybe you can also add to info bloc of the movie or music album (maybe "popping" out of the covers or something), or to the video screen (when presssing pause or info there). This would lead to only having like three additional options in the "Enhancement"-section: Display logos, display cleararts, display cdarts. If those options are set these graphics will automatically be displayed in the aforementioned areas. I think we do not actually need a more detailed customization through the KOver Designer for them. And I think it also would be too hard to offer a larger kind of freedom for the user to create individual scenarios when and where to add those graphics.

But, again, that is just a suggestion. You may go with whatever idea you have for your skin and we will surely embrace it :-)

Regards,

FantasticN

Edit: Ah, just have seen you were comming back to this topic at the same time. So our postings seem to overlap :-)
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KOver : Customizable [Kodi 16] - by Jayz2K - 2014-10-29, 16:47
RE: [Concept] K.Over - by Hitcher - 2014-10-29, 18:37
Re: [Concept] K.Over - by eduaveoso - 2014-10-29, 19:18
RE: [Concept] K.Over - by locomot1f - 2014-10-29, 21:03
RE: [Concept] K.Over - by Jayz2K - 2014-10-30, 14:32
RE: [Concept] K.Over - by locomot1f - 2014-10-30, 17:22
RE: [Concept] K.Over - by Jayz2K - 2014-10-30, 19:30
RE: [Concept] K.Over - by Hitcher - 2014-10-30, 22:10
RE: [Concept] K.Over - by locomot1f - 2014-10-30, 22:06
Re : RE: [Concept] K.Over - by Jayz2K - 2014-10-31, 00:44
RE: [Concept] K.Over - by Hitcher - 2014-10-31, 00:56
Re : RE: [Concept] K.Over - by Jayz2K - 2014-10-31, 13:37
RE: [Concept] K.Over - by Jayz2K - 2014-11-04, 21:15
RE: [Concept] K.Over - by phil65 - 2014-11-04, 21:24
RE: [Concept] K.Over - by Jayz2K - 2014-11-04, 21:28
RE: [Concept] K.Over - by phil65 - 2014-11-04, 21:30
RE: [Concept] K.Over - by Jayz2K - 2014-11-05, 12:42
RE: [Concept] K.Over - by phil65 - 2014-11-05, 22:12
RE: [Concept] K.Over - by Jayz2K - 2014-11-04, 21:34
RE: [Concept] K.Over - by locomot1f - 2014-11-05, 18:41
RE: [Concept] K.Over - by kchimz - 2014-11-18, 12:32
RE: [Concept] K.Over - by Jayz2K - 2014-11-18, 20:09
RE: [Concept] K.Over - by Jayz2K - 2014-11-19, 13:19
RE: [Concept] K.Over - by kyotocafe - 2014-11-19, 14:12
Re : RE: [Concept] K.Over - by Jayz2K - 2014-11-19, 20:25
RE: [Concept] K.Over - by kyotocafe - 2014-11-20, 12:12
RE: KOver - by Jayz2K - 2014-12-06, 14:50
RE: KOver - by Elixxen - 2014-12-07, 16:46
RE: KOver - by patseguin - 2014-12-09, 04:15
Re : RE: KOver - by Jayz2K - 2014-12-09, 14:36
RE: KOver - by Woppie - 2015-02-13, 03:28
RE: KOver - by azrael17 - 2015-02-13, 16:55
RE: KOver - by Jayz2K - 2015-02-14, 00:15
RE: KOver - by Woppie - 2015-02-14, 02:20
RE: KOver - by jurialmunkey - 2015-02-14, 05:47
RE: KOver - by Woppie - 2015-02-14, 13:37
RE: KOver - by Jayz2K - 2015-02-14, 12:56
RE: KOver - by Jayz2K - 2015-02-14, 14:15
RE: KOver - by Woppie - 2015-02-14, 14:19
RE: KOver - by Jayz2K - 2015-02-14, 14:28
RE: KOver - by Jayz2K - 2015-02-18, 14:14
RE: KOver [Kodi 15 Isengard] - by Jayz2K - 2015-03-05, 14:22
RE: KOver [Kodi 15 Isengard] - by shoulderboy - 2015-03-05, 14:31
RE: KOver [Kodi 15 Isengard] - by Jayz2K - 2015-03-05, 14:32
RE: KOver [Kodi 15 Isengard] - by shoulderboy - 2015-03-05, 14:48
RE: KOver [Kodi 15 Isengard] - by Jayz2K - 2015-03-05, 18:37
RE: KOver [Kodi 15 Isengard] - by tesona1977 - 2015-03-05, 19:33
RE: KOver [Kodi 15 Isengard] - by patseguin - 2015-03-06, 00:27
RE: KOver [Kodi 15 Isengard] - by bob808 - 2015-03-08, 15:09
RE: KOver [Kodi 15 Isengard] - by Jayz2K - 2015-03-08, 17:06
RE: KOver [Kodi 15 Isengard] - by bob808 - 2015-03-11, 18:42
RE: KOver [Kodi 15 Isengard] - by Piers - 2015-03-14, 06:51
RE: KOver [Kodi 15 Isengard] - by patseguin - 2015-03-14, 11:41
RE: KOver [Kodi 15 Isengard] - by Jayz2K - 2015-03-14, 14:16
RE: KOver [Kodi 15 Isengard] - by Jayz2K - 2015-03-16, 14:04
RE: KOver [Kodi 15 Isengard] - by bortek - 2015-03-20, 18:24
RE: KOver [Kodi 15 Isengard] - by Jayz2K - 2015-03-20, 18:51
RE: KOver [Kodi 15 Isengard] - by Jayz2K - 2015-03-21, 14:03
RE: KOver [Kodi 15 Isengard] - by Saner - 2015-03-27, 16:52
RE: KOver [Kodi 15 Isengard] - by Jayz2K - 2015-03-27, 22:00
RE: KOver [Kodi 15 Isengard] - by Jayz2K - 2015-04-02, 17:51
RE: KOver [Kodi 15 Isengard] - by Jayz2K - 2015-04-03, 18:52
RE: KOver [Kodi 15 Isengard] - by calhaus - 2015-04-04, 01:08
RE: KOver [Kodi 15 Isengard] - by testmetest - 2015-04-04, 03:14
RE: KOver [Kodi 15 Isengard] - by Jayz2K - 2015-04-08, 17:43
RE: KOver : Customizable [Kodi 15] - by Oath - 2015-04-09, 13:41
KOver : Customizable [Kodi 15] - by Jayz2K - 2015-04-09, 20:55
RE: KOver : Customizable [Kodi 15] - by jdoo - 2015-04-09, 23:40
RE: KOver : Customizable [Kodi 15] - by tjost - 2015-04-14, 20:18
RE: KOver : Customizable [Kodi 15] - by nickr - 2015-04-15, 04:05
RE: KOver : Customizable [Kodi 15] - by R-max - 2015-04-18, 15:35
RE: KOver : Customizable [Kodi 15] - by Oath - 2015-05-06, 14:58
RE: KOver : Customizable [Kodi 15] - by nickr - 2015-05-28, 05:47
RE: KOver : Customizable [Kodi 15] - by Oath - 2015-05-28, 11:47
RE: KOver : Customizable [Kodi 15] - by jdoo - 2015-06-11, 17:10
RE: KOver : Customizable [Kodi 15] - by Saner - 2015-06-15, 13:46
KOver : Customizable [Kodi 15] - by mgonzales - 2015-06-20, 14:09
RE: KOver : Customizable [Kodi 15] - by Saner - 2015-06-21, 11:17
RE: KOver : Customizable [Kodi 16] - by Saner - 2015-07-21, 18:41
RE: KOver : Customizable [Kodi 16] - by Saner - 2015-07-27, 20:04
RE: KOver : Customizable [Kodi 16] - by Toki - 2015-08-06, 06:45
RE: KOver : Customizable [Kodi 16] - by Saner - 2015-08-15, 12:01
RE: KOver : Customizable [Kodi 16] - by Toki - 2015-08-15, 19:15
RE: KOver : Customizable [Kodi 16] - by TRiX - 2015-08-28, 06:32
RE: KOver : Customizable [Kodi 16] - by TRiX - 2015-08-28, 13:27
RE: KOver : Customizable [Kodi 16] - by TRiX - 2015-08-28, 13:56
RE: KOver : Customizable [Kodi 16] - by jdoo - 2015-08-28, 07:22
RE: KOver : Customizable [Kodi 16] - by Saner - 2015-08-28, 08:27
RE: KOver : Customizable [Kodi 16] - by Saner - 2015-08-30, 13:59
RE: KOver : Customizable [Kodi 16] - by jdoo - 2015-08-30, 18:35
RE: KOver : Customizable [Kodi 16] - by jdoo - 2015-08-30, 19:29
RE: KOver : Customizable [Kodi 16] - by TRiX - 2015-09-02, 22:11
RE: KOver : Customizable [Kodi 16] - by Toki - 2015-09-03, 07:14
RE: KOver : Customizable [Kodi 16] - by Toki - 2015-09-03, 09:04
RE: KOver : Customizable [Kodi 16] - by Toki - 2015-09-03, 09:20
RE: KOver : Customizable [Kodi 16] - by jdoo - 2015-09-04, 05:40
RE: KOver : Customizable [Kodi 16] - by Saner - 2015-09-04, 17:50
KOver : Customizable [Kodi 16] - by TRiX - 2015-09-06, 13:34
RE: KOver : Customizable [Kodi 16] - by Toki - 2015-09-07, 23:51
RE: KOver : Customizable [Kodi 16] - by Saner - 2015-09-13, 11:09
RE: KOver : Customizable [Kodi 16] - by Saner - 2015-09-13, 11:40
RE: KOver : Customizable [Kodi 16] - by Saner - 2015-09-15, 14:19
RE: KOver : Customizable [Kodi 16] - by Saner - 2015-09-16, 14:51
Re: KOver : Customizable [Kodi 16] - by Saner - 2015-09-18, 15:09
RE: KOver : Customizable [Kodi 16] - by Saner - 2015-09-18, 19:49
RE: KOver : Customizable [Kodi 16] - by Saner - 2015-09-18, 21:13
RE: KOver : Customizable [Kodi 16] - by Saner - 2015-09-22, 14:15
RE: KOver : Customizable [Kodi 16] - by Saner - 2015-09-22, 15:13
RE: KOver : Customizable [Kodi 16] - by Saner - 2015-09-24, 13:45
RE: KOver : Customizable [Kodi 16] - by Saner - 2015-10-07, 15:29
RE: KOver : Customizable [Kodi 16] - by Saner - 2015-10-08, 10:47
KOver : Customizable [Kodi 16] - by TRiX - 2015-10-09, 18:10
RE: KOver : Customizable [Kodi 16] - by Saner - 2015-10-16, 11:56
RE: KOver : Customizable [Kodi 16] - by Saner - 2015-10-17, 16:45
Widget - Icon selection - by Hypnagogic - 2015-10-25, 16:56
RE: Widget - Icon selection - by Jayz2K - 2015-10-25, 20:06
RE: KOver : Customizable [Kodi 16] - by Saner - 2015-10-26, 08:46
RE: KOver : Customizable [Kodi 16] - by Saner - 2015-10-30, 10:51
RE: KOver : Customizable [Kodi 16] - by Saner - 2015-10-30, 20:19
RE: KOver : Customizable [Kodi 16] - by Saner - 2015-10-30, 20:33
RE: KOver : Customizable [Kodi 16] - by Saner - 2015-11-02, 13:00
RE: KOver : Customizable [Kodi 16] - by Saner - 2015-11-02, 13:52
RE: KOver : Customizable [Kodi 16] - by Saner - 2015-11-02, 14:33
RE: KOver : Customizable [Kodi 16] - by tmaru - 2015-11-05, 18:24
RE: KOver : Customizable [Kodi 16] - by tmaru - 2015-11-05, 20:34
RE: KOver : Customizable [Kodi 16] - by tmaru - 2015-11-05, 21:20
RE: KOver : Customizable [Kodi 16] - by tmaru - 2015-11-05, 21:48
RE: KOver : Customizable [Kodi 16] - by tmaru - 2015-11-05, 21:31
RE: KOver : Customizable [Kodi 16] - by tmaru - 2015-11-05, 22:05
RE: KOver : Customizable [Kodi 16] - by tmaru - 2015-11-05, 23:28
RE: KOver : Customizable [Kodi 16] - by tmaru - 2015-11-06, 01:13
RE: KOver : Customizable [Kodi 16] - by tmaru - 2015-11-06, 01:53
RE: KOver : Customizable [Kodi 16] - by tmaru - 2015-11-06, 01:59
RE: KOver : Customizable [Kodi 16] - by tmaru - 2015-11-06, 15:20
RE: KOver : Customizable [Kodi 16] - by tmaru - 2015-11-06, 15:33
RE: KOver : Customizable [Kodi 16] - by tmaru - 2015-11-06, 15:49
RE: KOver : Customizable [Kodi 16] - by tmaru - 2015-11-06, 16:48
RE: KOver : Customizable [Kodi 16] - by tmaru - 2015-11-06, 17:57
RE: KOver : Customizable [Kodi 16] - by tmaru - 2015-11-06, 18:32
RE: KOver : Customizable [Kodi 16] - by tmaru - 2015-11-06, 19:41
RE: KOver : Customizable [Kodi 16] - by tmaru - 2015-11-06, 21:49
RE: KOver : Customizable [Kodi 16] - by tmaru - 2015-11-07, 04:22
RE: KOver : Customizable [Kodi 16] - by tmaru - 2015-11-07, 16:21
RE: KOver : Customizable [Kodi 16] - by tmaru - 2015-11-07, 23:21
RE: KOver : Customizable [Kodi 16] - by Saner - 2015-11-09, 14:22
RE: KOver : Customizable [Kodi 16] - by tmaru - 2015-11-09, 15:37
RE: KOver : Customizable [Kodi 16] - by tmaru - 2015-11-09, 16:39
RE: KOver : Customizable [Kodi 16] - by tmaru - 2015-11-09, 20:05
RE: KOver : Customizable [Kodi 16] - by tmaru - 2015-11-09, 21:43
RE: KOver : Customizable [Kodi 16] - by tmaru - 2015-11-10, 06:56
RE: KOver : Customizable [Kodi 16] - by tmaru - 2015-11-10, 15:57
RE: KOver : Customizable [Kodi 16] - by tmaru - 2015-11-10, 19:26
RE: KOver : Customizable [Kodi 16] - by tmaru - 2015-11-10, 19:58
RE: KOver : Customizable [Kodi 16] - by tmaru - 2015-11-11, 01:38
RE: KOver : Customizable [Kodi 16] - by tmaru - 2015-11-11, 23:33
RE: KOver : Customizable [Kodi 16] - by tmaru - 2015-11-11, 23:59
KOver : Customizable [Kodi 16] - by tmaru - 2015-11-12, 00:11
RE: KOver : Customizable [Kodi 16] - by tmaru - 2015-11-12, 00:22
RE: KOver : Customizable [Kodi 16] - by tmaru - 2015-11-12, 16:41
RE: KOver : Customizable [Kodi 16] - by tmaru - 2015-11-12, 17:16
RE: KOver : Customizable [Kodi 16] - by Saner - 2015-11-12, 17:52
RE: KOver : Customizable [Kodi 16] - by tmaru - 2015-11-12, 18:05
RE: KOver : Customizable [Kodi 16] - by tmaru - 2015-11-12, 19:20
RE: KOver : Customizable [Kodi 16] - by tmaru - 2015-11-13, 18:14
RE: KOver : Customizable [Kodi 16] - by tmaru - 2015-11-16, 03:19
RE: KOver : Customizable [Kodi 16] - by tmaru - 2015-11-19, 14:56
RE: KOver : Customizable [Kodi 16] - by tmaru - 2015-11-19, 16:11
RE: KOver : Customizable [Kodi 16] - by tmaru - 2015-11-19, 17:40
RE: KOver : Customizable [Kodi 16] - by tmaru - 2015-11-20, 21:33
RE: KOver : Customizable [Kodi 16] - by tmaru - 2015-11-20, 22:25
RE: KOver : Customizable [Kodi 16] - by tmaru - 2015-11-21, 04:06
RE: KOver : Customizable [Kodi 16] - by Saner - 2015-12-01, 20:52
RE: KOver : Customizable [Kodi 16] - by fantasticn - 2015-12-05, 15:16
KOver : Customizable [Kodi 16] - by iRubin - 2015-12-17, 18:07
KOver : Customizable [Kodi 16] - by Deihmos - 2015-12-20, 06:55
KOver : Customizable [Kodi 16] - by iRubin - 2015-12-20, 10:46
KOver : Customizable [Kodi 16] - by iRubin - 2015-12-20, 12:31
KOver : Customizable [Kodi 16] - by reaven - 2016-02-02, 01:19
KOver : Customizable [Kodi 16] - by Jayz2K - 2016-02-11, 21:45
RE: KOver : Customizable [Kodi 16] - by Saner - 2016-02-12, 12:16
RE: KOver : Customizable [Kodi 16] - by Saner - 2016-02-12, 12:57
RE: KOver : Customizable [Kodi 16] - by cd-r - 2016-02-20, 13:14
RE: KOver : Customizable [Kodi 16] - by pence - 2016-02-26, 21:30
RE: KOver : Customizable [Kodi 16] - by pence - 2016-02-26, 23:13
RE: KOver : Customizable [Kodi 16] - by pence - 2016-02-27, 01:05
RE: KOver : Customizable [Kodi 16] - by pence - 2016-02-26, 23:22
RE: KOver : Customizable [Kodi 16] - by pence - 2016-02-29, 20:06
RE: KOver : Customizable [Kodi 16] - by pence - 2016-02-29, 20:16
RE: KOver : Customizable [Kodi 16] - by pence - 2016-02-29, 21:03
RE: KOver : Customizable [Kodi 16] - by pence - 2016-03-01, 22:50
KOver : Customizable [Kodi 16] - by Jayz2K - 2016-03-02, 21:22
RE: KOver : Customizable [Kodi 16] - by melth - 2016-04-02, 21:04
KOver : Customizable [Kodi 16] - by TRiX - 2016-04-28, 22:20
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